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Residents urge commissioners to oppose ICE detention facilities and seek disclosure on alleged ICE-related funding
Summary
Multiple residents urged the board to oppose ICE detention facilities in Butler County, asked for more citizen representation on the Criminal Justice Board, and requested financial disclosure after a leaked budget listing $1,045,000 for ICE-related projects that reportedly includes incentives for housing unaccompanied minors.
Several residents used the public-comment period to press the Butler County Board of Commissioners on immigration and county cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Anne Brown of Hamilton told the board, “we do not want an ICE detention facility in Butler County, let alone 3,” and said ICE practices have caused fear, family separations and, in her view,…
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